Army of India Medal (Clasp – Bhurtpoor) – Sgt. Major T. Coughlan, 6th Native Light Infantry
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Regiment: 6th Native Light Infantry
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A single clasp Army of India medal to Sergeant Major Timothy Coughlan, 6th Native Light Infantry.
Army of India Medal (Clasp – Bhurtpoor) named to Serjt Major T. Coughlan, 6th N.I.
The medal is in good condition with ribbon.
Timothy Coughlan was born in the Parish of Ballyclogh, near Mallow, Co. Cork. He attested for unlimited service in the H.E.I.C. infantry on 19 January 1815, aged 18, and embarked for Bengal on the William Pitt on 27 March 1815, disembarking at Calcutta on 23 August. He was originally posted to the Bengal European Regiment with whom he served for the next five or six years, rising to the rank of sergeant. In the muster roll of July 1824 he is shown as Quarter-Master Sergeant in the 6th Bengal Native Infantry, and in the list of July 1825, as Sergeant-Major in the same unit. He remained in the latter rank until invalided to Europe on 21 September 1837. Coughlan was admitted to pension on the Lord Clive Fund on 31 May 1838, and died in Ireland on 22 April 1856.
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Regiment: 6th Native Light Infantry
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